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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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